13 Facts About Enrico Dante

Enrico Dante was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Enrico Dante served as Papal Master of Ceremonies from 1947 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.

Enrico Dante's face became very familiar after assisting the popes at their Masses and other ceremonies for nearly twenty years.

Enrico Dante was born in Rome to Achille Dante, a devoted supporter of Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Zenaide Ingegni.

Enrico Dante had two sisters, and a brother who was a missionary in Brazil.

Enrico Dante attended the Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he received doctorates in philosophy, theology, canon law and civil law; from the Sacra Rota Romana he obtained a diploma of avvocato rotale.

Enrico Dante was ordained to the priesthood on 3 July 1910 by Patriarch Giuseppe Ceppetelli.

Enrico Dante taught philosophy at the Pontifical Urbaniana University from 1911 to 1928, and then theology until 1947.

Enrico Dante began work as an official in the Apostolic Penitentiary in 1913, and became a member of the College of Pontifical Ceremoniers on 25 March 1914.

Enrico Dante was raised to the rank of domestic prelate of his holiness and undersecretary of the Congregation of Ceremonies in 1943.

Enrico Dante then attended the Second Vatican Council, of whose reforms Dante did not approve.

Enrico Dante was created Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agata dei Goti by Pope Paul VI in the consistory of 22 February 1965.

Enrico Dante died in the early morning of 24 April 1967 in Rome, at age 82, and was buried in his cardinalatial church of S Agata dei Goti.